This read-only field shows the current version of the runtime environment.

Code Assistance

When developing a Node.js application it can be convenient to have code completion, reference resolution, validation, and debugging capabilities for Node core modules (fs, path,
http, etc.). However, these modules are compiled into the Node.js binary. PhpStorm provides the ability
to configure these sources as a JavaScript library and associate it with your project.

If the Node.js core module sources are not set up, PhpStorm displays a notification
Node.js Core Library is not enabled
with an Enable button.
Click this button to have PhpStorm configure Node.js Core sources
automatically.

When the configuration is completed, PhpStorm
displays information about the currently configured version,
the notification Node.js Core Library is enabled,
and adds two buttons: the Disable button and the Usage scope button.

If the library is set up, PhpStorm
displays information about the currently configured version,
the notification Node.js Core Library is enabled,
and adds two buttons: the Disable button and the Usage scope button.

Click the Disable button to discard the configuration
of the Node.js Core libraries in the current project.

Click the Usage scope button to associate the desired directories with libraries.

If necessary, configure the scope in which the Node.js Core sources are treated as libraries.
Click the Usage scope button, and in the Usage Scope dialog box that opens,
click the desired directories, and from the drop-down list select the newly configured Node.js core module sources library.

Packages

A number of tools are started through Node.js, for example, the CoffeeScript, TypeScript,
and Less transpilers, YUI, UglifyJS, and Closure compressors, Karma test runner,
Grunt task runner, etc.
The Node Package Manager (npm) is the easiest way to install these tools, the more so that you have to install Node.js anyway.
The Packages area shows a list of all the NPM-dependent packages that are currently installed on your computer.

Package: this read-only field shows the name of a package, exactly as it should be referenced if you were installing it in the command line mode.

Version: this read-only field shows the version of the package installed on your computer.

Latest: this read-only field shows the latest released version of the package.
If a package is not up-to-date, it is marked with a blue arrow .

Click to have a new package installed. In the Available Packages dialog box that opens, select the relevant package.
To have the package installed globally, select the Options check box and type -g in the Options text box.
Global installation makes the package available at the PhpStorm level so it can be used in any PhpStorm project.
Click Install Package when ready.

Click to have the selected package removed.

Click to have the current version of the selected package replaced with the latest released version.
The button is enabled only when the selected project is not up-to-date.